By Scott Detrow
The United States is taking a major step toward reopening its borders with Canada and Mexico.
Beginning next month, the U.S. will allow nonessential travelers to enter the country along the long land borders it shares with its two neighbors.
Nonessential entry has been barred since the early weeks of the global COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020. That’s despite the fact that Canada began allowing vaccinated Americans back in in August.
Inbound nonessential travelers will have to prove they are fully vaccinated, along with other more standard paperwork required for legal entry.